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Important Conventions and protocols for environment conservation

The following are the important conventions and protocols:


  • Ramasar Convention (1971) for Wetland Conservation 
  • Stockholm Convention( 1972) for Persistent Organic Pollutants(POP)
  • CITES(1973)-Convention on International Trade in endangered species of wild flora and Fauna
  • CMS(1979)-Convention on Migratory Species, also known as Bonn convention
  • Nairobi Declaration(1982)- Sustainable development
  • Vienna Convention(1982-Ozone layer
    • Montreal Protocol( CFC ban)
    • Kigali agreement(HFC reduction)
  • Earth Summit-1992
    • CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
      • Cartagena Protocol on BioSafety
      • Nagoya Protocol on Biopiracy or fair & equitable sharing of bioproducts
    • UNFCC-United Nations framework convention on climate change -for climate change
    • UNCCD-United Nations convention to combat desertification
    • UNCED-United Nations Conference on Environment and development 
      • Agenda-21 for sustainable development
  • Rotterdam conventions(1998) for responsibility related to chemical hazardous
  • Minamata Convention (2013) for Mercury led disease




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